Polaris introduce generators

Polaris sure looks like a Kipor to me.

Robins Subarumakes a 4300 which I have and a 3200. They come in Yellow. I have seen the same gen with Polaris also yellow, my neighbor has one. I have seen them in Red with Cummins on it.

I saw them and even though Polaris is a good brand, they look like "badge engineered" Chinese brands like Kipor. They also have a red/blue price tag for something that is "yellow" (meaning Champion) in quality.

Where the rubber meets the road is parts and service. Ten years from now, will I be able to buy a high altitude jet, an inverter board, or some esoteric, but vital part? I sure can with a Honda. Yamahas are doable as well. Will I be able to find service? Honda, yes. Yamaha, possibly, although they don't have many generator depots (service places ship the generators to a central location.)

Polaris has a lot of service spots... but will they be able to handle these generators? If yes, then they might be OK charging the red/blue premium. I've not seen anything good or bad about Polaris's offering since the last time this came up a few months ago, other than noting the top tier price tag.

However, if they are not on par with Honda or Yamaha, one might be just better buying a Champion or Kipor, as both of them seem to be doing well in customer service.

ChopperBill wrote:
Noticed today that Polaris has three generators In there line up. Polaris the 3000 looks surprisingly like the Kipor 3000 I had that I paid $825 for new. Handles and control panel look identical.

They have been out for a little while but aside from someone that looked like they were sponsored by Polaris, we haven't heard from any using them. I was hoping they were going to more than slap a sticker on a clone.

Looks like they use the same no-sync Honda/Yamaha parallel connection. I'd guess they're either licensed by Honda or they won't be on the market very long while the lawyers get richer.

I guess more competition can't hurt, but I think they're late to the party. For high end, Yamaha and Honda have been building inverter generators for more than a decade, and China seems to be making serious progress on the low to mid-range market branding their imports with commonly known brand names.